republican senator jeff sessions with me. he was listening in to the interview. he joins is me now from capitol hill. good to see you, senator. thanks for joining us. let me me get your reaction. >> well, he's spinning a situation that's so serious. we've got to confront honestly and directly. he said on the sundays shows that they were fixing our debt problem, putting us on a sustainable course. that's not correct. the plan that he has announced leaked out, as he has outlined it. it increases taxes $1.6 trillion and does not cut spending any. it increases spending $1 trillion. it has almost no impact on the $9 trillion in debt we're projected to incur over the next ten years. so this is why we've got a problem. the president proposes nothing to deal with the entitlements that are growing at three times the rate of inflation and indeed represent more than half of the spending in our government. so i just got to tell you, they've got a lot of pride here, a lot of human being roe brus, me. this president needs to be helping us come up with a plan that puts america